#5e5e1c

Color #5e5e1c

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 11.72 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5e1c

RGB

rgb(94, 94, 28)

HSL

hsl(60, 54.1%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 70.2%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.2%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.67, -9.21, 36.27)

LCH

lch(38.67, 37.42, 104.25)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.0865, 109.32)

HWB

hwb(60, 11%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c1c5e

Analogous

#5e3d1c

#5e5e1c

#3d5e1c

Triadic

#5e5e1c

#1c5e5e

#5e1c5e

Split-complementary

#5e5e1c

#1c3d5e

#3d1c5e

Tetradic

#5e5e1c

#1c5e1c

#1c1c5e

#5e1c5e

Square

#5e5e1c

#1c5e3d

#1c1c5e

#5e1c3d

Shades

Color #5e5e1c mixed toward black.

#4e4e17

#3f3f13

#2f2f0e

#1f1f09

#101005

Tints

Color #5e5e1c mixed toward white.

#90902b

#c2c23a

#d2d269

#e1e19b

#f0f0cd

Tones

Color #5e5e1c mixed toward gray.

#585821

#535327

#4d4d2c

#484832

#424237

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.09:1

White text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e35 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#5e5e3a · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#5e4245 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 20.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5e1c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5e1c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5e5e1c (#5e5e1c) is rgb(94, 94, 28) in RGB.

No, #5e5e1c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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